Coming Soon
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HOLDING TREVOR |
Opens Friday July 4th |
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Everybody's looking for something. Trevor Holden (Brent Gorski) is desperately looking for himself in all the wrong places...or maybe just with all the wrong people. It's pretty safe to say that he won't find enlightenment in his strung-out boyfriend. And, despite the well-meaning advice offered by his sexually intense best friend and by his self-righteous roommate, Trevor still seems to come up short. Almost ready to throw in the towel, Trevor happens upon Mr. Right, who refuses to let Trevor give up just yet. But sometimes, a step in the right direction means forging a whole new path. HOLDING TREVOR is a continually poignant, relentlessly self-deprecating, and just the type of cerebral dark comedy that can speak directly to the twenty-somethings of today while letting other generations in on the joke. (Running time 1:28)
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DAYS AND CLOUDS |
Opens Friday July 11th |
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Well-to-do, sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change. Michele confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Michele, exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt alternates between vivacity and apathy. The growing distance between them eventually leads to a break-up. Only when they apart will they realize that they risk losing their most precious possession: the love that binds them.
(Running time 1:55)
In Italian with English subtitles. |
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ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED |
Opens Friday July 11th |
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Reopening a case that has inspired curiosity, controversy, and confusion for over three decades, this riveting documentary is an extensive exploration of the circumstances that led up to--and the circus that followed--Polanski's conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Director and writer Marina Zenovich has unprecedented access to several of the key players in the case, including the lawyers, the media covering it, and the unusually clear-eyed and candid victim. Unearthing a trove of telling footage from the past, and combining it with insightful interviews from today, she brings comprehension and clarity to events long clouded by myth and misconception. A thrilling examination of a case that became the prototype for innumerable Hollywood courtroom scandals to follow, the film becomes a brilliant discourse on the attraction/repulsion that defines celebrity culture in contemporary America. (Running Time 1:39) |
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HOLA MEXICO FILM FESTIVAL
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Opens Wednesday July 23rd |
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Synopsis of each film and schedules will follow shortly.
More Info: Movie Web Site |
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TLA RELEASING PRESENTS |
Opens Friday August 8th |
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A compilation of the six hottest gay films of the summer! With thrillers, frisky comedies, and romantic dramas there's something for everyone. "Bangkok Love Story" is an edgy thriller about a hired assassin who falls for his hunky victim. "Boystown" is a candy-colored comedy with hot men, sizzling bathhouses and murders. In "I Dreamt Under the Water" a young man's search for love fuels this graphically, sexual drama. Sparks fly when a soldier explores his same-sex desires with a goth boy in the romantic drama "Dog Tags". In "3-Day Weekend", eight hunky men bond and swap beds over a drama- filled weekend. And in the documentary "Wrangler:Anatomy of an Icon", the outrageous story of 1970's porn icon Jack Wrangler is told with humor, celebrity interviews, and archival footage.
Schedules to follow. |
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I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND |
Opens Friday August 22nd |
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Jan Dite, a young provincial waiter, dreams of wanting to be a millionaire. And he knows just how to do it: by hearing everything, seeing everything, and creating opportunities at every turn. He soon leaves his employment at a pub and lands a job at the elegant Art Nouveau Prague restaurant. But, by the late 1930s, things are changing. Hitler has taken over the Sudentenland region and is breaking apart Czechoslovakia. Jan falls in love with Liza, a Sudeten German proud of her Aryan blood. They marry, and soon Liza is sent to serve on the Polish front while Jen works as a nurse in the Nazi SS Research Hospital. When Liza returns, she has a fortune in rare stamps that were "left behind" by Jews. After Liza's unfortunate death, Jan sells the stamps and becomes a millionaire. But the new Communist regime puts him behind bars for his ill-gotten wealth. Upon his release, Jan is sent to live in a decrepit border town where he reflects on past events and what might have happenened if his life had taken a different turn. (Running time: 2:00).
In Czech with English subtitles. |
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ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL: GAYS GONE WILD! |
Opens Friday August 22nd |
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Andy, Nico, Jarod and Griff are back and ready for action in a big way with a sun and fun drenched excursion to Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Break. Enthusiastically, they enter the annual "Gays Gone Wild" contest, hosted by the statuesque Tyrelle Tyrelle (RuPaul) and dazzling Sandi Cove (The Lady Bunny). But the boys soon realize that the goal of getting the most "action" over the course of their vacation is fraught with obstacles from wet "package" contests to slip n' slide gay shuffleboard, an evil gay clique and even genital crabs! Add a good dose of celebrity cameos, mix in an over-the-top musical number, and shake up pop cultural references from Beach Blanket Bingo to "Whatever happened to Baby Jane". The result is a film that is bubbling with joy and occasional shock with its raunchy jokes that smack of charm and sweetness. (Running time 1:35)
More Info: Movie Web Site |
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MY MEXICAN SHIVAH |
Opens Friday August 29th |
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Set in Polanco, a Jewish quarter of Mexico City, MY MEXICAN SHIVAH is a dramatic comedy about how the death of a man results in the celebration of his life. Family and friends sit shivah for Moishe Tartakovsky, a much beloved patriarch. Mourners include a Catholic ex-lover, an Orthodox ex-convict grandson, and a troupe of mariachi musicians. Two Yiddish-speaking spirits wryly observe the mourners while accounting for Moishe's soul. Based on a story by Ilan Stevens, directed by Alejandro Springall and produced by John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, MY MEXICAN SHIVAH-a festival favorite wherever it plays-features a musical score performed by The Klezmatics. (Running time 1:38)
In Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew with English subtitles |
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ALLAH MADE ME FUNNY: LIVE IN CONCERT |
Opens Friday October 3rd |
| This lively documentary was filmed at a sold-out show last fall at the Heritage Forum in Anahein, California. It stars three of America's top Muslim comics: Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman and Mohammed Amer.These three comedians hilariously poke fun at themselves, their communities, government, human nature and the delicate predicament of living in post 9/11 America. The film gives people of all cultural backgrounds an opportunity to laugh hard while opening their minds. (Running time: 1:23). | |
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